The Day the Earth Stopped

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    authority and honesty). By using these three rhetorical strategies from Aristotle, Gore wants to persuade the world to something about global warming and save the Earth. One strategy Gore uses is pathos. In the beginning of the documentary, he uses humor to be more involved with the audience.…

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    the Soviet Union as America was falling behind and were in desperate need to have an edge on Russia. Apparently from the movie the only people who actually wanted to make history where the three main characters Kathrine, Dorothy, and Mary as they stopped at nothing to overcome…

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    overwhelm us or we don't know what to do about a certain situation. I'll never forget my fear of heights that has haunted me for the first decade of my life and continues to haunt millions of people around the world as well as other fears. I remember the day I was attempting to climb up a ladder four years ago and I had no problem getting up to where I wa supposed to go, but when I had to come down it…

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    The Speedy Turtle One day while Allie and Jacob were walking down their long, narrow, driveway, they spotted a turtle. The children ran over near the turtle, but by the time they got there it was gone. “Well that was strange.” spoke Allie. Jacob and Allie stood back up and headed down their driveway to the bus. When the children got onto the bus they began to tell their friends about the turtle and how it disappeared. Allie is more of a sporty type of girl. She plays softball and basketball.…

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    figure, he would immediately be shocked by a pair of glowing orange eyes peeking out from underneath the dark hood. His head turned this way and that way, as if looking for someone or something. He moved with with inhuman agility and stealth. He stopped abruptly, as if sensing something. He sniffed the air and kneels to paw the ground. Then heard a "Vworrrp Vworrrrp" noise behind him. He whirled around with blinding speed, his scarf falling to the side, revealing a red, scaly face that is more…

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    history, one in which humankind had emerged as the most powerful influence on global ecology”. The film The Road and the BBC TV series The Day of the Triffids address the concept Anthropocene, which means human impacts on the Earth, but in distinctive ways. This is best demonstrated by the image such as the revenge of the Triffids caused by oil extraction in The Day of the Triffids and the end of the world caused by the use of nuclear weapons in The Road. This essay will examine the…

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    Present Day... "I don't even know my family anymore," Larry said. "My wife's an alien, and my daughter has powers." Larry turned to Steve. "What about you, Steve?" Larry asked. "Do you have powers? Is there something you're not telling me?" "Actually, yes," Steve said. "I've been drafted to fight in this war against these invaders." "Oh, for fuck sake! I can't believe...." "Steve, are you there?" Allison asked over the phone. "Yeah, I'm here," Steve said. "How are you talking to me?"…

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    world” (Jewett 34). Our environment is indeed a great force that impacts our lives everyday. Our world would not be the same without the wildlife and land that provides us with endless benefits and life. Although our environment has proven its place on earth, we as humans are overtaking the land and using it in unethical ways. As the environment calls for our help, humans must take a stand to defend and take care of the world that we thrive off of. The environment is helpless to fighting back…

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    Antonia loved her willingness to work and care for the less fortunate. “I could not imagine Antonia’s living for a week in any other house in Black Hawk than the Harling’s. They loved children and animals and music, and rough play and digging in the earth. They ridiculed conceited people and were quick to help unfortunate ones.”[Cather, 1994, p. 88]. Another example where…

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    is dis pleasing to him. She is so selfless and self-sacrificing that as she is laying there dying she tells him “You have aimed loftily! - You have done so nobly! Do not repent, that, with so high and pure a feeling, you have rejected the best that earth could offer. Aylmer- dearest Aylmer- I am dying!” she loves him so much that even though he killed her over a small imperfection she does not want him to mourn or be sad. She fully gave herself to him and sacrificed the one thing that made her…

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